Oesophageal carcinoma with humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy and leucocytosis.

abstract：AIM:Mitochondrial diseases affect about 1/5000-1/10000 in the population. Twenty percent of patients with mitochondrial disease show liver involvement. In contrast to current belief among most internists, these diseases do not only present in childhood. METHODS:We present four cases of adults (three with Alpers-Hutten...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cloots K,Verbeek J,Orlent H,Meersseman W,Cassiman D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 62-year-old man with known coeliac disease who was admitted for investigation of abdominal pain and weight loss. He underwent multiple biochemical, haematological, radiological and endoscopic investigations (which were all normal) and also had a normal laparoscopy. Abdominal computerized tomogra...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hearnshaw SA,Bateson M,Jackson R,Thompson NP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced bone mineral density has been reported in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and recent studies indicate that there is also an increase in the relative risk of fracture. Absolute risk of fracture is, however, generally low and thus measurement of bone mineral density as a screening procedure for all pati...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Compston JE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Monitoring of mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is of major importance. New noninvasive markers for intestinal inflammation are needed. Previous studies have reported that pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) correlates with clinical activity in IBD subgroups. Our aim was to i...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Bodelier AG,Pierik MJ,van den Heuvel T,Bovee-Oudenhoven IM,de Boer E,Hameeteman W,Masclee AA,Jonkers D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory disease of the colon. Involvement of the small bowel is limited to backwash ileitis or pouch-related conditions. Here, we report two men with UC who presented with small bowel inflammation and even perforation, within 1 month after subtotal colectomy. Endoscopy showed diffuse...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Corporaal S,Karrenbeld A,van der Linde K,Voskuil JH,Kleibeuker JH,Dijkstra G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blood tests are usually designed to identify significant fibrosis. We evaluated their diagnostic accuracy, and how to increase it, for the clinically important targets of severe fibrosis and cirrhosis. METHODS:The accuracy for severe fibrosis or cirrhosis of four blood tests was evaluated based on Metavir st...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Boursier J,Bacq Y,Halfon P,Leroy V,de Ledinghen V,de Muret A,Bourlière M,Sturm N,Foucher J,Oberti F,Rousselet MC,Calès P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a principal cause of severe liver diseases worldwide and a possible source of significant morbidity and fatality in the long term. Information on the genotype is more significant because it has prognostic value in the response to antiviral therapy. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Waqar M,Khan AU,Rehman HU,Idrees M,Wasim M,Ali A,Niaz Z,Ismail Z,Rehman MU,Tariq M,Shah M,Murtaza BN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The PGAA index was one of the first composite liver fibrosis markers. This study aims, prospectively, to confirm the diagnostic value of PGAA and Fibrotest in patients with alcoholic liver disease and to compare their diagnostic performances. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We prospectively included 200 conse...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Naveau S,Essoh BM,Ghinoiu M,Marthey L,Njiké-Nakseu M,Balian A,Lachgar M,Prévot S,Perlemuter G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only a small proportion of patients with abdominal discomfort have organic disease, but a correct diagnosis can seldom be made by simple clinical examination. Additional diagnostic procedures must be employed, but these are expensive and demanding and carry a certain risk. Assessment of faecal concentrations of the ne...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Aadland E,Fagerhol MK

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study was aimed at determining if the frequency and pattern of acute liver failure (ALF) following halothane anaesthesia had decreased during the last 11 years in comparison with a previous series of 48 patients referred between 1965 and 1984 and whether clinical outcome had been altered by the int...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lo SK,Wendon J,Mieli-Vergani G,Williams R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify significant risk factors for perforation in gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection. Studies published in the English language were searched for in Embase, WEB OF SCIENCE, Medline (PubMed and Ovid) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Tria...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ding X,Luo H,Duan H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:At present, all colonic polyps are removed and sent for histopathological evaluation, resulting in laboratory and reporting costs. Recent American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) guidelines have set standards for in-vivo diagnosis in place of conventional histopathology, and all future technolo...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Longcroft-Wheaton GR,Higgins B,Bhandari P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the subclinical cardiac morphological and functional modifications in cirrhotic patients according to the stage of liver disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred and thirteen cirrhotic patients underwent standard Doppler echocardiography and were compared with healthy individuals. Left ventri...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cesari M,Fasolato S,Rosi S,Angeli P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the usefulness of a twice-a-day, simplified quadruple therapy to cure Helicobacter pylori infection. DESIGN:Helicobacter pylori-positive ulcer patients were treated with omeprazole 20 mg twice a day (b.d.), amoxicillin 1 g b.d., tinidazole 500 mg b.d. and bismuth subcitrate 240 mg b.d. for 7 days in ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Garcia N,Calvet X,Gené E,Campo R,Brullet E

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoids are rare compared to other tumours of the gastrointestinal tract, but present a significant portion of tumours of the small intestine. The case of a 50-year-old man who suffered perforation of a small-bowel carcinoid after failed diagnostic trials is reported here. Since intestinal perforation is rarely the...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Duvnjak M,Pavic T,Goranovic T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Crohn's disease with infliximab is an important drug therapy for patients with refractory and fistulating disease. There are concerns over its use in a proportion of Crohn's patients with concurrent hepatitis C infection, since there are theoretical risks of accelerated hepatic decompensation due to the i...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Campbell S,Ghosh S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate in a large group of volunteer blood donors the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) and the relation of transaminase (ALT) levels and viraemia to liver damage. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:Transfusion Centre of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the Liver Unit of t...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Muñoz-Gómez R,García-Monzón C,García-Buey L,Lo Iacono O,Borque MJ,Garía-Sánchez A,Pajares JM,Moreno-Otero R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The literature on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and ethnic diversity is dominated by studies from the USA. There are no such published data from the UK bowel cancer screening programme (BCSP) population. The Wolverhampton Bowel Cancer Screening Centre serves a population of 900,000 in the Black ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Padmanabhan H,Widlak M,Nevill A,McKaig B,Brookes M,Veitch A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have suggested that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appears to be more serious in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. This meta-analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and the severity of COVID-19. METHODS:We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scien...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Zeng W,Qi K,Ye M,Zheng L,Liu X,Hu S,Zhang W,Tang W,Xu J,Yu D,Wei Y

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal type 1 (SPINK1) protects against premature intracellular activation of trypsinogen and development of acute pancreatitis. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of SPINK1 mutations (a) in unselected patients with first-time acute pancreatitis and (b) in the Danish background ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Jøergensen MT,Brusgaard K,Novovic S,Andersen AM,Hansen MB,Gerdes AM,de Muckadell OB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary gastric lymphomas (PGL) are rare and represent only 5% of gastric malignancies, but are apparently increasing in incidence worldwide. Optimal treatment of PGL remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinicopathological characteristics, prognostic factors, survival rates, and trea...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Belaid I,Chabchoub I,Mejri N,Zaghouani H,Chafai R,Ezairi F,Hochlaf M,Gharbi O,Fatma LB,Ahmed SB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of bacterial DNA in serum and ascitic fluid from patients with cirrhosis and ascites is interpreted as molecular evidence of intestinal bacterial translocation and considered sufficient to activate the cellular immune response. In vitro studies on ascitic fluid culture have shown a close relati...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Francés R,Rodríguez E,Muñoz C,Zapater P,De la ML,Ndongo M,Pérez-Mateo M,Such J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We have shown that the introduction of a carbon urea breath test (13C-UBT) service for Helicobacter pylori screening and eradication is effective in reducing the rate of open access endoscopy referrals in patients aged < 40 years in the short term. This has been substantiated by several randomized controll...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Sreedharan A,Clough M,Hemingbrough E,Gatta L,Chalmers DM,Axon AT,Moayyedi P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most serious health problems worldwide and thus it is important to assess health and economic impacts of preventative CRC screening strategies. METHODS:For this reason, a theoretical model based on Markov chains is proposed to compare these strategies: fecal occult bl...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Wohl P,Bednařík M,Wohl P,Cervenka M,Spičák J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a routine treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients. Whether TACE influences the degree of portal hypertension remains uncertain. AIM AND PATIENTS: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical course of 283 TACE to investigate the incidence of...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Elia C,Venon WD,Stradella D,Martini S,Brunello F,Marzano A,Saracco G,Rizzetto M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is a meta-analysis of 30 published, double-blind clinical trials comparing omeprazole with ranitidine or cimetidine for the treatment of duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer and reflux oesophagitis. These studies compare the recommended doses of omeprazole with those for ranitidine and cimetidine, and the confiden...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Eriksson S,Långström G,Rikner L,Carlsson R,Naesdal J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease of unknown aetiology. A number of drugs have been used in its treatment, but only ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has been shown to improve survival. Our aims were to determine the current prescribing habits in PBC of all practising gastroent...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Verma A,Jazrawi RP,Ahmed HA,Northfield TC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diathermy procedures are indispensable in interventional endoscopy. Argon beam coagulation is an innovative no-touch electrocoagulation technique in which high-frequency alternating current is delivered to the tissue through ionized argon gas. METHOD AND PATIENTS:Before clinical application, we conducted in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Johanns W,Luis W,Janssen J,Kahl S,Greiner L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the era of screening colonoscopy, assessment of operator competence is warranted. AIM:To evaluate feasibility of a computer simulator (CS) use for assessment of competence in colonoscopy by investigating performance of expert endoscopists at CS. SUBJECTS:Twenty expert endoscopists involved in screening ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cantù P,Grigolon A,Caparello C,Bravi I,Tenca A,Elvevi A,Nicita MT,Duca P,Conte D,Penagini R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gastric variceal bleeding is one of the most feared complications of portal hypertension and hence merits investigation for its optimal therapy. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and long-term outcome(s) of patients treated with a single session of histoacryl sclerotherapy for active gastric variceal bleeding...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Khawaja A,Sonawalla AA,Somani SF,Abid S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00